Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement Program
Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program is a health research program through DoH that was established by Act 77 2001. A portion (approximately 19%) of the tobacco settlement money gets awarded through grants for clinical, health services and biomedical research.
Jonas Salk Legacy Fund
Jonas Salk Legacy Fund is named after Dr. Jonas Salk who contributed to the polio vaccine. This fund proposed by Governor Ed Rendell seeks to leverage tobacco settlement dollars and other supplemental funds to research and the biosciences.
Clean indoor air
Clean Indoor Air refers to the elimination of secondhand smoke in indoor places. In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classified secondhand smoke as a Group A carcinogen meaning it definitely causes cancer in humans.
Prescription for PA
Prescription for PA is Governor Rendell’s comprehensive health care reform initiative to address the access, affordability and quality of health care in the commonwealth.
Therapeutic substitution
Therapeutic substitution by pharmacists is the act of dispensing an alternative chemical entity from the same therapeutic class for the drug product prescribed by the doctor.
Partnership to fight chronic disease
The Partnership to fight Chronic Disease(PFCD) is a national coalition of patients, providers, community organizations, business/labor groups and health policy experts, committed to raising awareness of policies and practices that save lives and reduce health costs through more effective prevention and management of chronic disease.
Rendell pitches health plan in Pottsville
Rendell visited Pottsville on Sunday to pitch his new health plan, Pennsylvania Access to Basic Care, which he hopes will provide basic, affordable insurance for 350 thousand Pennsylvanians.
Partnership for prescription assistance
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them.
P&T Transparency
With the increased interest by the DPW to institute a pharmacy benefit carve out from the managed care organizations; more attention has been placed on the Department’s Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee (P&T) which determines the drugs placed on the state’s PDL.
Importation of prescription drugs
A recent issue in the pharmaceutical industry referring to drugs imported from foreign countries, with an emphasis on drugs from Canada.